The Motive and the Cue

Richard Burton, the firebrand Welsh actor, newly married to movie star Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new production of Hamlet under the exacting direction of John Gielgud

But as rehearsals progress, the collaboration between actor and director soon threatens to unravel

One of them is the most famous movie star in the world; the other, a patrician from an earlier age of theatre

The stage is set for two titans to collide

Jack Thorne's The Motive and the Cue is a fierce, funny play which offers a glimpse into the politics of a rehearsal room and the relationship between art and celebrity.

REVIEWS

A roaring, gripping success... There’s no drama like off-stage drama. Jack Thorne gives his audience a backstage pass to it in his new play... simply exceptional ~Broadway World

Magic... breathtaking in its simplicity and beauty ~ LONDONTHEATRE1

Magnificent... [there is] so much to cherish and admire in Jack Thorne's play... gloriously witty and deeply human ~ WhatsOnStage

A riotous peek behind the scenes... sensational' ~ Time Out